DUSTIN “SCREECH” DIAMOND died of Stage Four lung cancer yesterday, at the age of 44. He was just diagnosed THREE WEEKS ago, but his rep said it was a, quote, “brutal, relentless form of malignant cancer.”

Billy Joel seems optimistic about the future. He’s back on the books at Madison Square Garden for a series of monthly shows, with the first one scheduled for November 5th. Billy has a show booked every month through April 2022.

Tiffany Haddish will kick off the ultimate Super Bowl LV after party and were all invited! Catch performances by Alicia Keys, Brandi Carlile, Christina Aguilera, Luke Bryan and H.E.R. It will stream immediately after Super Bowl LV on Sunday, Feb. 7 at 11 p.m. on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube and TikTok accounts.

A ’Sonic the Hedgehog’ animated series is speeding to Netflix for 2022. The 3D-animated Sonic Prime will see Sonic speeding to save the multiverse.

Matthew Perry went the extra mile to convince Julia Roberts to star in the 1996 post-Super Bowl hour-long episode of “Friends. According to exec producer Kevin Bright, “Matthew asked her to be on the show. She wrote back to him, ‘Write me a paper on quantum physics and I’ll do it.’ Matthew went away and wrote a paper and faxed it to her the next day. The two started dating soon after Julia’s appearance on the show.

Katy Perry plans to scale back her shopping, particularly when it comes to clothing. She admitted she’s been a “wasteful” consumer of clothes, and was addicted to shopping, but has pledged to herself now to only buy out of necessity, because clothing is “in the top five of the most polluting things for our planet.”

Wolfgang Van Halen’s musical project “Mammoth WVH” will make their late-night television debut on the Feb. 11th edition of “Jimmy Kimmel Live”. The debut single ‘Distance’ was released in November as a tribute to Wolfgang’s recently deceased father, guitar legend Eddie Van Halen.

Florida Georgia Line almost named themselves “Orange Peach”. In the video series “You Think You Know Country?”, Brian Kelly revealed: “We lived together for two years in Nashville and decided to take this music thing seriously and wanted to represent where we came from. Orange Peach was an early suggestion, then it got moved to Florida Georgia Line.”

Tony Bennett’s family has revealed that he has been battling Alzheimer’s for the past four years. Tony is still singing on a regular basis with his longtime piano player.

Disney+ has greenlit a Wakanda TV series from Black Panther director Ryan Coogler. No word on an air date.

A Harry Styles look-a-like was recently arrested for armed robbery in Tyrone, Pennsylvania. Jason Sanderlin kicked in an apartment door before ordering three people to the ground while holding a rifle. He stole marijuana and $400 in cash. His girlfriend identified him as the robber.

Mariah Carey’s estranged sister, Allison, is suing her for emotional distress. She wants $1.25 million dollars. In her book, “The Meaning of Mariah”, Mariah claims Allison gave her drugs, abused her and tried to sell her to men.

The Weeknd is celebrating Super Bowl week by delivering food to coronavirus front liners in Tampa.

Jennifer Lopez is going to star in a new Netflix action movie called “The Mother.” She will play a deadly assassin, who comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years ago. The movie is going to be similar to Jean Reno’s “The Professional.”

Heidi Klum wore a toilet paper dress for her latest Vogue Magazine fashion shoot. When she turned around, her entire backside was exposed. Sponges were used to hold the toilet paper together.

SILENTO, who did the 2015 jam “Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae)”, has been arrested for allegedly murdering his cousin. The police believe he shot his cousin to death in the street . . . but it’s unclear why.

Verne Troyer . . . a.k.a. Mini-Me from the “Austin Powers” movies . . . was raised Amish.

Ariana Grande teased the deluxe edition of Positions on social media. It appears that the new edition will feature the remix of “34+35” in addition to four new tracks. The singer shared three images with the caption, “happy february.” The first was an old-fashioned television set with the date January 29, 2021, the second, a mirror with the names “ari,” “Doja” and “Meg” on it, and the third showed the track list for the forthcoming album. The titles of the new songs scratched out on the post.

Olivia Rodrigo has the biggest song in the world. “Drivers License” tops both the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excluding U.S. charts for the third week in a row. It is the first song to reach No. 1 on both lists for three consecutive weeks.

Neve Campbell has signed on for a leading role in The Lincoln Lawyer, which will air on Netflix. She joins Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, who will star as Mickey Haller, who runs his law business out of his car. She plays Maggie, his first ex-wife. David E. Kelley is producing and co-writing.